In 1998, Time named The Autobiography of Malcolm X as one of ten 'required reading' nonfiction books. In 1967, historian John William Ward wrote that it would become a classic American autobiography. When the Autobiography was published, The New York Times reviewer Eliot Fremont-Smith described it as a 'brilliant, painful, important book'. According to Manning Marable, 'Haley was particularly worried about what he viewed as Malcolm X's anti-Semitism' and he rewrote material to eliminate it. Rather than rewriting earlier chapters as a polemic against the Nation which Malcolm X had rejected, Haley persuaded him to favor a style of 'suspense and drama'. For example, Malcolm X left the Nation of Islam during the period when he was working on the book with Haley. Haley influenced some of Malcolm X's literary choices. While Malcolm X and scholars contemporary to the book's publication regarded Haley as the book's ghostwriter, modern scholars tend to regard him as an essential collaborator who intentionally muted his authorial voice to create the effect of Malcolm X speaking directly to readers. He described their collaborative process and the events at the end of Malcolm X's life. After the leader was killed, Haley wrote the book's epilogue. The Autobiography is a spiritual conversion narrative that outlines Malcolm X's philosophy of black pride, black nationalism, and pan-Africanism. Haley coauthored the autobiography based on a series of in-depth interviews he conducted between 19.

It was released posthumously on October 29, 1965, nine months after his assassination. The Autobiography of Malcolm X is an autobiography written by American minister Malcolm X, who collaborated with American journalist Alex Haley.

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